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From: "James S. Rogers" <jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: gdb fails unders win95?
Date: 1999/05/22
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Without knowing the details of this particular DLL file, I know there
are a couple of possibilities:

1. The DLL was compiled using a symbol format other than COFF

2. The DLL was compiled without debug symbols.

My guess is that the DLL was compiled without debug symbols.
If debug symbols were left in the file, anybody could recreate the source
code by simply running a debugger. This is not so easily done without
debug symbols.

Jim Rogers
Colorado Springs, Colorado
fdebruin@my-dejanews.com wrote in message <7i620s$cp5$1@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>I am trying to use the debugger that comes with
>gnat (version 3.11p). It fails with the following
>message:
>
>
>[failed reading symbols from DLL]
>"C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM/MSVCRT.DLL": can't read
>symbols: File format not recognized.
>
>
>Does someone know how to remedy this?
>
>Frank de Bruin
>fdebruin@xs4all.nl
>
>
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